Home Remodeling & Renovation in Cache County
We are based in Logan, and Cache Valley is our home market rather than an expansion territory. Fifteen towns, three different ways a permit gets issued, and housing that runs from pre-1940 farmhouses in Hyrum to Nibley subdivisions barely out of warranty.
One Valley, Fifteen Towns, Not One Housing Market
Cache Valley reads as one place from the outside. It does not behave like one on a job site. A basement finish in Nibley, where two thirds of the homes went up after 2000, is a different scope from the same square footage in Hyrum, where more than one home in eight predates 1940. One has rough-in plumbing stubbed into the slab and waiting. The other has galvanized supply lines and framing that never met a standard stud spacing.
That difference shows up in the estimate, the schedule, and how much contingency is honest to carry. It is the reason these are separate pages rather than one page with the town name swapped out.
Who Issues Your Permit Depends On Your Address
Cache County does not have one permit desk. Four cities run their own building departments; for three others the city signs off on zoning and Cache County issues the actual building permit. Same project, same valley, two different processes and two different sets of paperwork.
Logan
Community Development, 290 North 100 West. Inspections required at each phase before the next one starts.
North Logan
Runs its own permits, but inspections are coordinated through Hyde Park City’s building official — an arrangement particular to this corner of the valley.
Nibley
Own building department at 455 West 3200 South. The city asks that you allow up to two weeks from submittal for processing.
Hyde Park
Own building department at 113 East Center Street. Zoning clearance from Planning comes before the dwelling permit.
Providence
Providence City reviews the site plan and issues zoning. The building permit itself comes from Cache County, applied for after zoning is approved.
Smithfield
Smithfield handles zoning, setbacks and ADU eligibility. Cache County issues the permit. Note that a Smithfield zoning clearance expires after one month.
Hyrum
Hyrum contracts with the Cache County Building Department to review and process permits. Zoning clearance from the city at 60 West Main comes first.
Cache County Building Department
179 North Main Street, Suite 305, Logan. The county publishes a review window of three to ten working days for average structures.
Anywhere in the valley, a basement project that involves framing, electrical, plumbing or an egress window needs a permit. We submit the plans, manage the review and schedule the inspections — but it is worth knowing which desk your project is sitting on, because it changes how long the front end takes.
Fifteen Towns, Seven Different Conversations
Each page covers what the housing stock in that town actually means for scope and budget, and which desk your permit goes across.
Logan
County seat and home base. Craftsman bungalows downtown around Adams, Ellis and Wilson; 1950s to 1970s brick ranch on Hillcrest and Cliffside; newer construction east and toward Green Canyon. The widest range in the valley.
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North Logan
Subdivisions built from the 1970s through the early 2000s, a high proportion of four and five bedroom homes, and unfinished basements that are often 1,200 square feet or more.
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Providence
Median build year 1997, so most of the stock is now 25 to 30 years old. Original kitchens, builder-grade bathrooms, and growing interest in basement apartment conversions.
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Smithfield
Median build year 2001, with 28 percent built in the 2010s alone. Modern framing and PVC, but undersized electrical and HVAC that will not reach a finished basement without work.
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Nibley
Around two thirds of homes built after 2000. Rough-in plumbing stubbed and never connected, egress windows still to be cut. Basement finishing dominates here by a wide margin.
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Hyde Park
Median build year 1997 and almost entirely single-family detached. Panels are usually adequate until a modern kitchen starts asking more of them.
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Hyrum
The widest era spread in the valley — pre-1940 farmhouses through new subdivisions, on larger and more rural lots. Aging electrical and galvanized plumbing in the older half.
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The Smaller Towns
We work these too. They see fewer projects, so the pages are shorter — but the permit path and the pricing are the same, and the drive is not far enough to change anything.
Wellsville · Richmond · Mendon · Lewiston · Millville · River Heights · Trenton · Amalga
Two Things Worth Knowing Before You Finish A Basement
Cache County is EPA Radon Zone 2
Reported levels across the county have come in above the EPA’s recommended action level. That matters most when you are about to turn a basement into bedrooms. Testing is cheap, and mitigation designed in at framing costs a fraction of mitigation retrofitted after the drywall is up. We raise it during design rather than after.
The water table is not the same everywhere
Nibley publishes elevation rules tied to groundwater depth — where groundwater sits within 48 inches of the surface, finished floors have to be at least six inches above the street curb, and going lower needs an engineer’s water-table report and an approved discharge system. Other towns handle it differently. It is worth establishing early, because it can change the floor height of the whole project.
Licensed In Utah
Mycka Koger, owner. Utah DOPL license #14008836-5501, classifications B100, S220, S270 and S330. Licensed and insured, and happy to send both across before anyone starts pulling things apart.
Questions We Get Asked
It depends on your address. Logan, North Logan, Nibley and Hyde Park run their own building departments. Providence, Smithfield and Hyrum handle zoning locally and the building permit comes from the Cache County Building Department at 179 North Main Street, Suite 305 in Logan.
The county publishes three to ten working days for average structures. Logan asks for up to two weeks. Nibley asks for up to two weeks from submittal. The rest do not publish a figure.
Yes, anywhere in the valley. Framing, electrical, plumbing or an egress window all trigger a building permit. An egress window is also a legal requirement before anyone can sleep in a basement room, so it is not optional on a bedroom.
Cache County sits in EPA Radon Zone 2, and reported levels across the county have come in above the EPA’s recommended action level. It matters most on the project this valley does most of — turning an unfinished basement into bedrooms. Testing is inexpensive, and mitigation designed in while the walls are open costs a fraction of retrofitting it after the drywall is finished.
Start With A Conversation
Tell us the town and what you are trying to change. We will tell you which permit desk it goes across, roughly what it costs, and whether we are the right company for it.